Wizard Earl

Chapter 358 The Deal (Part 2)

"Don't worry! What I know about the Demon Knight will definitely satisfy you!" Epstein waved his hand and said with great certainty:

Seeing Mr. Issa's eagerness to learn, he didn't bother playing any more tricks with Epstein. He stepped back about a hundred meters and said to Epstein, "You have three minutes!"

"That's enough!" Hearing that the demonized knight had given him three minutes to recover, Epstein, his face flushed, nodded in agreement. Without hesitation, he sat down in the open space to meditate, continuously taking out several potions from his spatial ring and consuming them in batches to treat his injuries. As he consumed the potions, the flush on Epstein's face gradually subsided, and his previously weakened aura softened considerably…

"These guys are all seasoned veterans..." Connor, hidden in the woods, couldn't help but sigh as he secretly sensed the movements between the two using his mental power.

Neither of them tacitly agreed to use oaths as a guarantee for their deal. The reason the demonized knight, shrouded in black, retreated a hundred meters was to use that distance as a buffer, allowing Epstein to recover in peace. The reason Epstein was only allowed three minutes to recover was to allow him to temporarily regain some self-defense capabilities, but not enough to immediately regain the strength to contend with the demonized knight.

If Epstein wants to gain more recovery time after three minutes, he will have to exchange it for the secrets he possesses. If Epstein is not satisfied with what he knows, or if the demonized knight senses that Epstein is being insincere, then the demonized knight will likely kill Epstein on the spot without mercy.

Three minutes isn't long, and it passed quickly. However, Epstein, who was sitting on the ground recovering from meditation, showed no intention of getting up to end his meditation. Instead, while meditating with his eyes closed, he opened his mouth and asked Mr. Issa, who was a hundred meters away from him:

"If I'm not mistaken, you're an underling of Skull and Bones alchemist Southgate, aren't you?"

"How did you know?" Although he hadn't heard any information about Epstein telling him about the demonized knight as promised, Isa was still very puzzled as to how Epstein knew his background.

"Have you heard of the Turin Academy?" Ignoring Mr. Issa's question, Epstein, who had recovered from his meditation retreat, posed his question again.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, Epstein seemed afraid of exhausting Mr. Issa's patience. Without waiting for Mr. Issa to speak, he took the initiative to say, "You don't need to ask me what the Turin Academy is. I don't know where this academy is or what it teaches. The Black Organization has records of it, but I don't have the authority to see them. However, I can tell you with certainty that six months ago, the Black Organization obtained reliable information that your boss, Southgate, and a high-ranking member of a secret society both graduated from this Turin Academy!"

"The Black Organization has prepared a report on you demonized knights, and this report clearly states that the Church suspects you demonized knights consumed substances extracted from demonic beasts, which caused you to become neither human nor beast. Many of the magical arrays you experienced were designed to help you expel the foreign substances and better digest the demonic beast matter in your bodies! Of course, I understand this information might be good news for your five subordinates, but you should have already understood this!"

"but···········"

"You should also know that the person currently in charge of the demonized knights in your Skull and Bones Society is your boss, the Grand Alchemist Southgate. And what I'm about to tell you is that your boss's greatest expertise at Turin Academy lies in transforming magical beasts into medicine and alchemy, while his greatest weakness is array formations!"

"As his subordinate, I'm sure you've never seen your boss, the omnipotent Grand Alchemist, cast any formations in front of you! As someone who has personally experienced the formations required to become a Demon Knight, you should know how wondrous they are. The alchemists who can set up those formations are no less skilled than Grand Alchemist Southgate. How many people like that are there, not just in your Skull and Bones Society, but in the entire Byzantine continent?"

"Unfortunately, that person from the secret society should be one of them..."

"You mean... Professor?" Listening to Epstein's account, and recalling what he had said earlier about his boss, the alchemist Southgate, and a high-ranking member of a secret society, both having studied at the Turin Academy, Mr. Issa immediately retorted. However, when he mentioned that title again, the black coat he was wearing trembled slightly, clearly showing how "sensitive" he was to that title.

"That's right, the Black Organization suspects that the professor provided the array for the demonized knights. As someone who experienced it firsthand, you should know better than me how crucial those arrays were to you!" At this point, Epstein, who had been meditating and recovering with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes and confirmed Epstein's idea.

"By the way, do you know why I know your boss is Southgate?" Epstein, who had just opened his eyes, stood up and asked Mr. Issa with a half-smile. Although his aura was much stronger than before, he still looked very weak and sickly.

"Why?" Mr. Issa, completely concealed under a black robe, asked in a low voice as he began to approach Epstein step by step.

"Because in a month, Southgate will lead his demonized knights to leave the Skull and Bones Society and join the Secret Society..."

"Ah...!" As soon as Epstein finished speaking, Mr. Issa, who had been approaching Epstein step by step, suddenly let out a scream. At this moment, a gleaming ice blade was stuck right in his heart!

For a demonized knight like Mr. Isa, whose physical strength is now formidable, the heart is undoubtedly the source of all his power. A knife to the heart... certain death!

"Thump!"

With a muffled thud, without even a last word, Mr. Issa, who had just been in complete control, collapsed to the ground, motionless!

"You've been listening for so long, it's time to come out!" Just as Connor was shocked by what he had perceived with his mental power, he heard Epstein's cold voice.

(End of this chapter)